Benjamin Gold
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Atlanta, GANPI 1144261868
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $48,738 of the $78,651 with a category attached, or 62.0%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.9%. Among pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 126 payments — averaging $624.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$18K
- Diasorin Inc.$17K
- Diasorin S.p.a.$14K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$13K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$6K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$3K
- plus $8K from 23 others
Across 104 payments — averaging $5360.01 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$262K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$156K
- Regeneron$81K
- Shire North American Group Inc$32K
- Pfizer$18K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,73862%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,00019%
- Travel & lodging$10,82414%
- Food & beverage$4,0875%
- Education$20%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 3 | $18,000 |
| Diasorin Inc. | 6 | $16,614 |
| Diasorin S.p.a. | 3 | $13,955 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 14 | $12,510 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $6,128 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $2,965 |
| Cipla USA Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| Regeneron | 2 | $2,312 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $1,439 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 9 | $480 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $338 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $228 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $175 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $128 |
| Anx Robotica Corp | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $102 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Organon | 4 | $65 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $60 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $18 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$78,651 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 44 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Georgia.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Atlanta
- Subramaniam KugathasanAtlanta$47K
- Nitika GuptaAtlanta$28K
- Stanley CohenAtlanta$25K
- Jeffery LewisAtlanta$9K
- Rene RomeroAtlanta$7K
- Seth MarcusAtlanta$7K
- Jeffrey BlumenthalAtlanta$2K
- Nirav PatelAtlanta$2K
- Tejas MehtaAtlanta$2K
- Steven LiuAtlanta$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.